Judge Advocate Training in LOGEX

• Author: Lieutenant Colonel John F. Wolf
• Pages: 03

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Just over sixty days had paased since the sudden AGGRESSOR attack on the Tenth United States Army in Germany. A particularly action-filled day was drawing to a close aa the Staff Judge Advoeate, Tenth Army, discussed the day's developments with his deputy. "This black-market ring just uncovered in General Depot No, S is a. humdinger It looks like operations of the ring stretch clear back through the Communications Zone depots and even to the ports. Already more than a hundred Tenth Army personnel are involved. Practicallv everv one of them has asked for individual defense

. . counsel. Undoubtedly, arrangements will have to be made for a large number of individual trials by general court."

The deputy nodded in agreement and said, "I just got a call from the Staff Judge Advocate at Theater Army Logistical Command. He say8 they have received notice from the French Government that the French are terminating permission for ail local procurement for United States Forces in France. The French claim that Article IX of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement gives the Receiving State the power to forbid purchase of any items by the Sending State having an adverse effect on the economy Of the Receiving State The French apparently now feel that our purchases of anything in France have an adverse effect an their economy. Theater Army Logistical Command may have to shift local procurement far all United States Force3 in Europe from France to Germany. As Tenth Army is the only major United States unit in Germany, Theater Army may direct us to operate the Central Procurement Agency. Responsibility far legal aspects of procurement for the entire Theater is certainly the last thing we need at the moment."

The Army Judge Advocate groaned in acquiescence and asked, "Did I tell you that AGGRESSOR has a reconnaissance satellite?

* Lieutenant Calonel John F. Wolf is a graduate af the University of

Xdargland and Gwrgetoan University Law School and is a member of the Diitriet of Columbia Bar. During World Bar I1 he served with the 6 3 Section, Third United States Army. From 1911-1964 he w88 stationed in Gemany with the 4th Infantry Division. Since 1914 he has been a member Of the Staff and Faevity af The Judge Advocate General's School,U.S. Army, Charlotten~lle, Virginia. As Chief of the Field Exercise & Special Training OWce, he is responsible for judge advocate Participation in LOGEX. The opinion. and emeiusiona expressed heran are those of the author and do not necesmrily iepiesent the vim. of The Judge Advocate General's School OP any other governmental agency.

Our missile people want to take a crack at it. The Chief wants our opinion by morning as to the legal effect of such action, particularly in view of the fact that because of its present orbit, it will probsbly be shot down over Switzerland. I've got our International Law experts working on this one, but, to put it mildly, precedents for such a situation are not plentiful."

At this point, a decent regard for the suffering of fellow men should cause us to draw the curtain of time over the perspiring judge advocate participants of LOGEX 68. The situations mentioned are but a small sample of the multitude of legal and operational problems confronting judge advoeate participants in LOGEX, the Army's annual logistical training exercise.

LOGEX is B command poat exercise and map maneuver conducted during the second week in May for the administrative and technical service schools of the Army with the cooperation of the State Department, Naw, and Air Force. Every year during this exercise, nearly six thousand United States servicemen and women engage in desperate, though bloadless. strife with a familiar enemy-AGGRESSOR.

The four basic PurpoSes of LOGEX, M defined by United States Continental Arms Command, may be summarized as follows: a. Application of service school instruction. b. Training selected reaerve officers. e. Stressing continuous logistic support in combat. d. Emphasizing intra- and inter-service cooperation.

Detailed planning for LOGEX ia accomplished by the 1st Logistical Command, Fort Bragg, Sarth Carolina, with the asaistance of representatives from participatine schoolz and services.

Diiring pre-LOGEX instruction at The Judge Advocate General's...